Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1574480.015 - Vienna Beef Limited

Inspection Information - Office: Tampa Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1574480.015

Report ID: 0420600

Date Opened: 01/20/2022

Site Address:
Vienna Beef Limited
2650 Corporate Way
Palmetto, FL 34221

Mailing Address:
2650 Corporate Way, Palmetto, FL 34221

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 424470/Meat and Meat Product Merchant Wholesalers

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 01/21/2022

Emphasis: N:Amputate

Case Closed: 02/23/2022

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1854164	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 143192.015

Event: 01/12/2022

Employee pinches finger in slicing machine

At 3:00 p.m. on January 12, 2022, an employee was operating the Urschel slicer. The slicer suffered a jam, caused by stuck cucumbers in the line right at the rotary gears behind the slicer blade. The employee lifted the guard and placed her right hand by the rotating gears, when her right ring finger was pinched. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Blade, Machine Guarding, Meat Slicing Machine, Pinched, Rotating Parts

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1574480.015	30	F	Hospitalized injury		Slicing and cutting machine operators

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